UConn’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, University Professor and Albert and Wilda van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, delivered a lecture on regenerative engineering as Elsevier’s MRC Distinguished Lecturer of the Year.
Elsevier is an academic publishing company that specializes in scientific, technical, and medical works. Laurencin created the field of regenerative engineering and defines it as a field that converges advanced materials sciences, stem cell sciences, physics, developmental biology, and clinical translation to foster scientific innovation. The Distinguished Lecture for 2024 was sponsored by Elsevier and The Mechanics Research Communications journal. It was hosted by its editor-in-chief, Dr. Anthony Rosato.